Self Treatment for Anxiety

What causes anxiety?

Anxiety can be understood as an overactive Fight and Flight Response. When you are in danger, the Fight and Flight Response is activated (Sympathetic Nervous System Response) which involves many systems of your body and allows you to respond immediately to danger. This response is typically either to stay and fight, or flee to avoid the danger.

There are many ways in which an overactive Fight and Flight Response can be developed, some of which include: genetically through a predisposition to anxious responses, a trauma response to a specific event, or a chronic state of stress (typical of the pressures of today’s society).